In unequal Britain who you are is much more important than where you live in determining earnings

Overman, Henry G. and Gibbons, Stephen
(2011)
In unequal Britain who you are is much more important than where you live in determining earnings.British Politics and Policy at LSE
(11 Nov 2011)
Blog Entry.

Abstract

Average earnings vary widely across the regions of Britain, a fact that has prompted many decades of policies aimed at reducing regional disparities. But as Henry Overman and Steve Gibbons demonstrate, such variation reveals little, especially if we ignore regional differences in the cost of living and availability of local amenities.